The red ants pants music festival is a 100% homegrown, volunteer-driven event based in a community of 900 people with the goal of bringing good folks together to celebrate rural montana.

Schedule

July 27, 2023

11:00 am: Festival Campground Opens To The Public

12 pm: Shuttle: Operation Begins, Runs Continuously Between Town And The Festival Grounds

3 pm - 9 pm: Downtown Wristband Exchange In Front Of The Red Ants Pants Shop

5:30 pm: Downtown Beer & Book Reading At 2 Basset Brewery

8:00 pm:  Downtown Free Street dance begins! Opener: kenan flannery

9:00 pm:  Downtown Free Street Dance, Main Street White sulphur! headliner: denim & dust

2:30 am: Shuttle: Service Ends

July 28, 2023

8:00 am: Shuttle: Operation Begins, Runs Continuously Between Town And The Festival Grounds

9am - 1pm: Book Sale: Used Book Sale At The New Meagher County-City Library (205 Garfield)

2:00 pm: Main Gate: Wristband Exchange Opens At The Main Entrance To The Festival Grounds

3:00 pm: Festival Grounds Open: All Arts/Crafts And Food/Beer/Wine Vendors Open

3:30 pm: Side Stage: Cowboy Larry, Montana Side Stage Ambassador

3:30 pm:  Kids Tent: Thrive

4:00 pm: Main Stage: Dusty The Kid & The Recession Special

5:00 pmish:  Side Stage: Joe Sullivan

5:00 pmish: Demo Area

5:00 pmish: Kids Tent: Tba With Montana Discovery Foundation

5:30 pm: Main Stage: Stephanie Quayle

6:30 pmish: Side Stage: Sarah King

6:30 pmish: Demo Area

6:30 pmish: Kids Tent: A River Runs Through It With Moss

7:00 pm: Main Stage: American Aquarium

8:00 pmish: Side Stage: Abby Webster

8:30 pm: Main Stage: The War And Treaty

9:30 pmish: Side Stage: The Long Way Back

10:00 pm: Main Stage: The Wood Brothers

2:30 am: Shuttle: Service Ends

July 29, 2023

8:00 am: Shuttle: Operation Begins, Runs Continuously Between Town And The Festival Grounds

9:00 am: campground: yoga! north side of the campground near the gate. bring your own mat and water!

9am - 11am: Book Sale: Used Book Sale At The New Meagher County-City Library (205 Garfield)

10:00 am: main gate: Wristband Exchange Opens At The Main Entrance To The Festival Grounds

11:00 am: Festival Grounds Open: All Arts/Crafts And Food/Beer/Wine Vendors Open

11:00 am: Hay Wagon: Rides Begin, Service Throughout The Day Until The Horses Get Tired

11:00 am: Side Stage: Beard And Moustache Competition

11:00 am: Demo Area: Crosscut Competition Practice Time

11:00 am: Kids Tent

11:30 am: Foundation Tent: Girls Leadership Program - Public Meet & Greet

11:50 am: Main Stage: Presentation Of The Flags, Wss American Legion Auxiliary

11:55 am: Main Stage: Welcome From Meagher County Commission

12:00 pm: Main Stage: National Anthem

12:05 pm: Main Stage: Goodnight Moonshine

1:00 pmish: Side Stage: Amy Kate

1:00 pm:  Foundation Tent: Grantee Reception

1:00 pm:  Demo Area

1:00 pmish Kids Area: Microplastics, Macro Problems With Moss

1:30 pm: Main Stage: Logan Ledger

2:30 pmish Side Stage: Hayley Lynn

2:30 pmish Demo Area

2:30 pmish kids tent: thrive

3:00 pm: Main Stage: Kaitlin Butts

4:00 pmish: Side Stage: Jessie Thoreson & The Crown Fire

4:00 pmish Demo Area

4:00 pmish kids Tent: Montana Discovery Foundation

4:30 pm: Main Stage: Arlo Mckinley

5:30 pm: Main Stage: Red Ants Pants Fashion Show

5:30 pmish Kids Tent: Tba With Women’s Foundation Of Montana

6:00 pmish Side Stage: Smalltown Strings

6:30 pm: Main Stage: Madeline Edwards

7:30 pmish Side Stage: Wild Horses

8:00 pm: Main Stage: Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives

9:30 pmish Side Stage: Bark Point.

10:00 pm: Main Stage: Larkin Poe

2:30 am: Shuttle: Service Ends

July 30, 2023

8:00 am: Shuttle: Operation Begins, Runs Continuously Between Town And The Festival Grounds

9:00 am: Campground: yoga! north side of the campground near the gate. bring your own mat and water!

10:00 am: Main Gate: Wristband Exchange Opens At The Main Entrance To The Festival Grounds

11:00 am: Festival Grounds Open: All Arts/Crafts And Food/Beer/Wine Vendors Open

11:00 am: Hay wagon: Rides Begin, Service Throughout The Day Until The Horses Get Tired

11:00 am: Side Stage: Family Hymn Singalong With Alaine Grace

11:00 am: Demo Area: Crosscut Contest Preliminaries - Women’s, Men’s, And Co-Ed Divisions!

11:00 am: kids Tent: Leather Stamping Class With Shooting Star Saddlery

12:00 pm: Main Stage: The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers

1:00 pmish Side Stage: Marcedes Carroll

1:00 pmish Demo Area

1:00 pmish kids Tent: River Architects With Moss

1:30 pm: Main Stage: Tami Neilson

2:30 pmish: Side Stage Tanner Laws

2:30 pmish: Demo Area Crosscut Competition Finals

2:30 pmish: Kids Tent Montana Discovery Foundation

3:00 pm: Main Stage Ned Ledoux

4:00 pm: Side Stage The Dead & Down

4:00 pmish: Kids Tent Women's Foundation Of Montana

4:30 pm: Main Stage: Tanya Tucker

6:00 pm: Festival Grounds Close

8:00 pm: Shuttle Service Ends

July 31, 2023

12:00 pm:  Campground Closed - Happy Trails

Date: July 27 - 30, 2023

Location: Various Venue, white sulphur springs, mt 59645

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